Combo in the National Football league. Its only the second time thats ever happened in the National Football league unless you want to go back to the 1920s, but that is way before my time. Lets get to arlington where Horace Holmes is standing by with fan reaction to the announcement. Most fans like these behind me here in arlington had not heard much about jay gruden they haveay, but learned how to be openminded and hopeful. Through a durant is, forgettable, losing season, as news spread today that the redskins have turned another page in its soap opera like history by hiring a new head coach, fans reacting, many taking a wait and see approach. Jay gruden is the eighth head coach in 15 years for the Washington Redskins. Considered a bright, offensive strategist, he is the brother of former super bowl winning coach jon gruden. If he has the smarts like his brother does, a could have a championship in three years. Im pretty sure this guy is going to do something. Hes a smart guy. Once again for redskins fans, it is the season for hope every were going to get them next season, right . You have to love redskins fans. That is the attitude we found today, here we go again, but lets be optimistic. Much more on the redskins new coach and the future of the organization and more on what jay gruden brings to the team. The other top story tonight, once again it is the winter weather. We are expecting a little freezing rain in the morning. The Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for tomorrow morning, 35 and cloudy skies outside erie lets get a look at the time lapse, a beautiful sunrise, Beautiful Day across the entire viewing area. For a while and then the clouds rolling back in ahead of the next system that is bringing freezing rain. Look at the low temperatures this morning, plenty cold, in the lower 20s. Quantico,erick, 38 at and here is the advisory from 3 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. In anticipation of cold air at the surface and this approach of moisture from the southwest. We will have more on what to expect, shocking temperatures on saturday. Attorney the events in the trial for man accused of leaving killeding a chase that officer adrian morris. There is now a mistrial. Brad bell is live at the courthouse with the developments. It was a turn of events the likes of which no one in the courthouse had ever seen before. Out of the blue, a juror said prevented herion from being a juror. She could have made that claim before the jury was selected or at any point during that trial when there were still alternates available. She waited until the alternates were dismissed and the trial had reached the point of no return. The judge had no choice but to declare a mistrial. She was juror number seven. After she caused the mistrial, she had absolutely nothing to say to reporters. Actions,ke of her others had plenty to say about her. It is a disgrace that this jordan not take this matter any more seriously. Juror are did not take this matter more seriously. A morris died while chasing suspect. Orl is charged with vehicle manslaughter. Whether he is found guilty or not, morriss mother hoped the trial would help her heal. We want to move on. After losing arguments yesterday, that your deliberated over what happened on the highway for two hours and they were to resume this morning. But in the middle of the night, caldwell sent an email to the judge with a stunning claim. Believes woulds disallow her from sitting in judgment of another human being. She had already been asked that very religious question before being put on the jury and expressed no such concern. The situation grew even more strange when the judge questioned the woman in court. She said she didnt have a dog in the fight, meaning she didnt care what happened. It is just beyond belief that at this point she decided to back out. It is just a waste of the courts time. Now juror number seven herself may be in trouble. The judge has ordered her back to court in february to answer questions, to find out why he should not hold her in contempt for nullifying this jury. As for the defendant in the case, he is not out of trouble. The case will be retried. What an unusual day there. The taxi driver charged with shooting and Alexandria Police officer has been deemed competent to stand trial. Shot thers say he officer in the head and then led police on a chase last february. The officers arrived and was in court today. A Navy Helicopter crash happened yesterday due to frigid temperatures during a routine training mission. Three of the five crew members died. Two others were hospitalized. The navy says it was the use lodge in the tail section. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The name of the boy who died in the fire just two days after celebrating his fourth birthday has been released. The fire ripped through an on lost knifeding circle yesterday. Nothing compares to the loss that one of the families endured. With the on the scene latest tonight. Here is what we know. You just mentioned it, the family of lancelot was celebrating his fourth birthday inside that secondfloor apartment just when you four hours before this fire. Mother hours later, his is just absolutely numb. She did not want to speak on camera, but the neighbors did speak and they tell a heartbreaking story of a father who fought to save his son. Theus wilson stands next to chart pots on the pans, and lambs, unsure what of this is his. Ess he is one of 40 residents now homeless after flames devour 12. Partments in minutes Montgomery County firefighters are back on scene insuring the safety of the remaining units. I dont know what i have lost, what is left. Hewhat he does know is that shares a wall with the family that lost their fouryearold son in this fire. Now he shares their agony. Claudio watched the unimaginable unfold. There was screaming in spanish. Still inside the secondfloor apartment was the father, his fouryearold son and twoyear old daughter. We noticed they were flames coming out. Neighbors say the two euro was the first to wake, crying out for her fodder. He scooped her up and raced outside to the courtyard. The whole building started in flames in a matter of seconds. The father ran back in for his son, but the smoke was so weakened the flames so hot, neighbors held him back. Did he look like he was in shock . Yes. That is because everyone could hear the cries of the four year old, still inside. Montgomery county fire says they are still awaiting the report from the fire marshal but say at this hour it appears that the cause of this fire is accidental. Lancelots family is now making final arrangements. Truly heartbreaking. Thank you, robert. Substitute teacher is arrested. What she is accused of doing to a student and why police are calling it an assault. I am stunned by the abject stupidity that was shown here. The weather is warming up, but the cold problems doing persist in the area. Plumbers are being kept very busy. A Movie Theater also suffered some of these pipe problems. According to the theater manager, they had to close three out of 12 theaters because of a pipe burst. Water came gushing through the ceiling tiles, soaking this seats all over the place, a real mess. I hope to have things back to normal tomorrow. That hope was shared by plenty of people throughout the region. It started with a big surprise in the middle of the night. I heard a big boom it sounded like half the building fell off in the back. It turns out a pipe spurs, sending water gushing into the backyard. Replacing the pipe in the bathroom means removing the bathtub and replacing the insulation. Exit is amazing how much damage can be caused by something so small. Probably aupture is quarter of an inch and cost thousands of dollars worth of damage. I did not expect over 3000. He has been working nonstop the past few days. Im getting calls morning, afternoon, night. Freeze, waterdeep froze inside pipes and expanded, causing cracked. Now it is bursting through all the crack pipes, sprinkler lines, and water mains. A lot of people have been displaced. A lot of people are in hotels because they dont have any water. A busted valve led to a steady leak at this house. Just bad luck, i guess. A lot of people certainly feeling that way at the moment. If we do get another deep freeze, you want to keep a little bit of water flowing through those pipes, maybe turn up the temperature to keep the pipes warm him a even a space heater if it is safe, Anything Possible to avoid the unfortunate mess that so many people are dealing with right now throughout the region. Thanks, jeff. Prince georges county firefighters used the cold weather as an opportunity to practice saving lives. Rescue water and ice training, and exercise that took place this afternoon. They have already completed the beforeom training becoming certified. One benefit to the rivers freezing over, they get to practice in case of emergency. They know what they are doing here, obviously. Theres a chance of freezing rain in the morning and temperatures near 60 on saturday, so it is pretty dramatic. This is the rooftop camera here in arlington. Keep your eye on the water in the potomac. Downtown it was close to 40 , but thingsimes will start moving as we get through the next couple of days. 37 now at Reagan National airport with wins at 8 miles per hour. In annandale, 35 right now and the low temperature this morning was 35 also. 37 was the high, so not much change. Topped out at 40 degrees this afternoon. Across the area, temperatures are still colder than average, but much warmer than it was a couple of days ago. Quantico, 33 in annapolis and 37 at Reagan National airport. Freezing rain advisory over a wide area tomorrow. There is a possibility that a regular rain will fall on peratures with services surfaces colder than 32 degrees. Cold air is wedged east of the appellations at the same time warmer air overhead is coming in. A few areas north and west, frederick county, loudoun county, may see a little snow before the changeover occurs. The cold air is slowly moderating. Charleston is at 46 right now. Really warm stuff will come in on saturday as we get into the next 3648 hours. The moisture and a cloudiness from the southwest you can see the stint of the rain here has diminished in the last couple of hours. Untreatedwill be surfaces, sidewalks that have not been treated with salt or chemicals. Major roadways should be fine. Computer model shows areas of freezing rain all across the area at 5 a. M. And some snow to the north and west. During the early and mid morning warm above freezing and then the rain will come back. Saturday ahead of a strong cold front, a very breezy and warm saturday. Cloudy skies in the city and in the freezing rain begins overnight and it will eventually change to plain oldfashioned rain showers as we warm up. Check out these numbers for saturday. Clearing, brees are breezy. Here is a look at what is coming up tonight in prime time. At 8 00, the first cooking challenge for competitors on the taste. , then sticksets around for abc 7 news at 11 00. Mark wahlbergs new movie is lone survivor. A new jersey man is suing the nfl over his super bowl ticket. Today Chris Christie took the podium crake tonight, new jersey governor Chris Christie is apologizing for a scandal in bobbing a bridge and a mayor who did not support his reelection bid. He said he did not know about the lanes being shut down purposely so he took to the podium for almost two hours to explain. What a day of drama, right . Majorld have ramifications in the next race for the white house. The big question, was the bridge closed for four days in september because of a legitimate traffic study that was needed, or because it was ordered as retaliation . I am humiliated by the fact that i did not know this and that i was deceived. That is an awful way to feel. Feelings Chris Christie talked about for almost two hours today, denying he had with traffic tie being caused intentionally. The mayor of fort lee did not endorse Chris Christie. He insists that was of no matter. The mayor was never on my radar screen. Picture, lasts night on television, i would not have been able to pick him out of a lineup. Today he fired one senior staffer and told a former aide for gopdraw his bid chair for allegedly lying about their role. On the advice of counsel, i assert my right to remain silent. We dont even know how many layers there are. We know there were other and we areemails told one persons name was redacted. Who was that . Trying to make amends, Chris Christie went to fort lee to meet with the town skeptical mayor. There are still some confusion and doubt as to whether a traffic study really existed. This could be more than just hiccup. K up the u. S. Attorneys office is looking into the matter and clearly there are still many questions to be answered. Is not theristie only one apologizing and explaining himself today. Dennis rodman also apologized for his outburst about the detained american in north korea. He said he was under a lot of stress. He is getting a lot of criticism for taking a team of players to north korea. Five family members said they are appalled that rodman refuses to help the imprisoned missionary. How a phantomert, tower is sucking energy from your home and money from your wallet. A local Maryland County is considering its speed camera program. Lyrics take on me. take me home. ill be gone. in a day or. man twooooooooooooooooo is that me, was i singing . Vo not paying for scheduled maintenance feels pretty good. Nocharge scheduled maintenance now on every new volkswagen. Thats theower of german engineering Police Arrested a substitute teacher in d. C. After she allegedly assaulted a six euro. What is this teacher accused of doing . The substitute teacher is accused of driving this sixth graders head into a desk. This happened back in november. The School System tells us the day after the incident, she was taken out of the system but no to parentsome because it was an allegation. Now, charges. Anger after learning a substitute teacher was accused of slamming a sixthgrade students head into a desk. You worry about their safety when they go to school. Learnings were just about the case today, despite the fact that the alleged abuse happened back in november. He came to light when a young classmate wave down the principal in the hall. The principal call detectives thecribed emotions motions of the teacher knocking on the students head as if someone were knocking on the door. Court records show several statements were made by the children that alleged the teacher told the six greater you should die gong. Medical documents stating he was diagnosed with a concussion when she took them to the doctor after school that day. We tried to reach the substitute teacher at her apartment every the number you doll does not in service. Quick she turned herself in to Police Yesterday and was charged with felony assault. She told police the kids were throwing paper and causing a ton of confusion and that the particular student was reluctant to stop. She said she placed her hand on his head but never used any force, nor did she hit him. Washe substitute teacher cnet d. C. Superior court before a judge yesterday and charged with assault and to children. She was freed pending the outcome of the case. Thanks, jennifer. Todays other top stories. The Washington Redskins have confirmed jay gruden is the next head coach. Last twoent the seasons as offensive coordinator for the cincinnati bengals. The decision was announced today at an afternoon press conference. He replaces Mike Shanahan who was fired after a 313 season. Or details coming up and sports. A mistrial has been declared. The States Attorneys Office said a juror or email the judge saying she cannot not judge another person based on her religious beliefs. Warmings are starting to up a bit after the deep freeze, but coldweather problems remain. Pipes are bursting in homes and businesses around the metro area, keeping plumbers very busy. They were first introduced to get people to slow down in school zones during school hours only, but now there is a proposal to make Prince Georges County the cameras operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Some drivers are questioning the officials motives. They are the Traffic Safety devices that drivers love to hate. They are everywhere. Monitoringy could be motorist 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in Prince Georges County. Operate only allowed to monday through friday from 6 a. M. To 8 p. M. , but a measure being considered could change that. It is an idea of the county speed cameras do reduce incidence of speeding. Accidentsduce traffic and to expand their use would be beneficial. The county says the current cameras have changed drivers behavior. They expected drop in revenue from tickets this year. Motorist are still concerned about expansion of the program. I think it would be a good thing. I wouldnt like it, but its for the safety of people every i can understand during the school times because you want to make sure the kids are safe, but when there are not kids there, i think it is unnecessary. Passes,e legislation the fines would change. Suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Lets get a check of the traffic situation. Bob is standing by at the traffic center. There is a problem in gainesville on westbound 66 on the ramp to route 29. Delays headed out on 66. Not moving too badly on the virginia side today. Little signthe their about the incident in gainesville. Lets look at the traffic here on the beltway in Prince Georges County. Quite slow on the inner loop out of college park and through greenville. Northbound 29, there is a crash. That is the way it looks. Back to you. Why a local Charter School has been forced to close down. Mark wahlberg is back on the big screen this weekend in a gripping military movie. It comes at a time when people want something new, this movie presents war, life and death in a nonsense story. In a no nonsense. Mark wahlberg plays a navy seal dropped into the mountains of afghanistan. Their mission is to assassinate a taliban warlord, but things unravel fast. I understand. Go, theyhey let them reveal their position to a taliban army, touching off a murderousequence of combat. It avoids politics but focuses on these men and their mission. A human face on a conflict far away. A weekend best that, along with american hustle, philomena, and saving mr. Banks. The Golden Globes occur sunday night and that will be the first real indication of what is coming with the oscars. The Oscar Nominations are a week from today. Hard to believe it is oscar time already. Time flies. Next, he paid 4000 for two super bowl tickets. Now this fan is suing the nfl. We will explain why. Phantom power and how much it is costing you in our consumer alert. It is the power that is used in electronics that are plugged in at home but not turned on. How much you are absent actually losing. House, you leave your things Like Electronics may be turned off, but they are still draining energy and it is costing you. What does 100 mean to you . It is how much you could be spending on electronics that are off but still plugged in at your house. Your cable box and dvr cost you the most turned off. I would say about 10 a year. I couldnt begin to guess. Heres the answer, according to the department of energy. 44 a year. Wow. The next costly culprit is your desk top computer in sleep mode. 21 a year. What else is costing you. Your laptop computer in sleep mode, 16 a year. 13 a year. Router, seven dollars a year, and your dvd player, five dollars a year. Your cell phone is costing you, too. Just the charger plugged in cost . 25 a year. Using a power strip, it is easier to shut off your power without having to unplug it. Who wants to give away their money, right . Tomorrow, have you noticed beef prices going up in the store . That increase could last all year long. Reasons and the alternatives people are turning to, tomorrow. Footballs a football fan from new jersey is suing the nfl after paying 4000 for two super bowl tickets. He and his lawyer claimed the just one percent of the super bowl Tickets Available to the general public at face value, which is about 200. He said it is a violation of the provisions found in the new jersey Consumer Fraud act. Would generate about the gue generates about the nfl said the super bowl Ticket Distribution process has been in existence for years and is in compliance with the law. Another cell phone provider is offering to pay you to switch carriers. Trying to your customers with the promise of 650 in cash and credits. Last week we told you that at t was offering tmobile customers 450 to make that switch. Loemanns is liquidating its inventory after going out of business last year. It has 94 stores in 11 states including one in falls church and one in northwest washington. President obama is kicking off and Antipoverty Initiative by announcing the first five areas where the federal government provides tax incentives and grants to help communities tackled poverty. Antonio, are in san philadelphia, los angeles, southeastern kentucky, and the choctaw nation of oklahoma. A presst held conference to discuss the plan. We want to make sure the recovery, which is real, leaves nobody behind. This is going to be a year of action. Zone wants promise incentives to bolster education, provide better access to housing, and reduce crime. Zones will promise be created over the next three years. The mayor of fort lee, new jersey reacts to his meeting with governor Chris Christie. The release of one of osama bin ladens former bodyguards. He was once considered a high risk to the united states. Things have started to head in the right direction with the weather. The weekend sounds really nice. Right now, 34 outside. Look att started with a the time lapse, some high clouds this morning but a beautiful morning midday. Clear skies for a bit and then clouds come back. On contactuld freeze in spots early to more morning. 37 in quantico and fredericksburg. 33 right now in annapolis. There in purple is the entire region under a freezing rain advisory from 3 a. M. Until 9 a. M. Tomorrow morning. The Eastern Shore is not included because temperatures will be above freezing and involve plain oldfashioned rain. Untreated surfaces could be freeze. Could freeze. That is why the advisory is in effect. We will make progress during the day but it will take a while. We will he be here with this , look at therday temperatures. It could reached 62 degrees by saturday afternoon. Dayt has been a heck of a out at redskins park. How is it going out there . Smart, young, a hair on fire code, you have one in washington. Jay gruden signed a fiveyear. Ontract it shows the redskins have confidence in him. It will be an opportunity for washington fans to watch him grow as a head coach. He was introduced at 4 00 this afternoon. He has a smile on his face, but he has that gruden tight jaw when he is not happy about something. He is excited to be here and i had the opportunity to talk to him one on one. Does it give you a little extra confidence that these guys are behind you . It does, and it is exciting. When they offered it to me, i signed it as quick as i could. They have great confidence in me and i appreciate the opportunity. I will do the best i can to prove them right. Redskins head coach jay gruden. Told his High School Coach that his dad was going to washington last night. Coach and i told the i guess they said something. I said i was going to washington and they put two and two together, and it came out. It got everybody hot on the trail of flow is happening here with the redskins. We were on the phone most of the night and found out it was a done deal and that it was for five years. Coming up at 6 00, we will hear. Ore from jay gruden it came together so quickly. You have to suspect this is the man they wanted all along. Theres no question about it. All the coaches they kept had a relationship with jay gruden. He said he has not made any decisions on the coordinators. We will see you soon. A public charter lyrics take on me. take me home. ill be gone. in a day or. man twooooooooooooooooo is that me, was i singing . Vo not paying for scheduled maintenance feels pretty good. Nocharge scheduled maintenance now on every new volkswagen. Thats the power of german engineering hundreds of d. C. Charter School Students might soon be looking for a new school. Their school is being shut down because of low test scores. Some say shutting down the school is not in the students best interest. Technologyo arts and aademy Public School is pleasant experience. The newly renovated school is well decorated, spotless and clean and the students seem engaged and happy to be there. Best school for me and my friends. There they just learned ata must close at the end of this school year. These days, a school lives or dies by test scores, and last night the public Charter School board voted unanimously not to renew the charter of this school because of low scores. The school serves one of the poorest schools in d. C. Compared to neighboring bc orlic schools, ata scores higher than aiton but lower than nalle. For families of the 600 students, a shut down over test scores is not popular. That is pathetic. Low test scores . The talk now is perhaps one of the big Charter Companies will take over the building and improve the scores. Fourth graders dont see it that way. I would be sad, because i would miss my friends and my teachers, and i would miss my school most of all. Thats it for us here at abc 7 news at 5 00. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org we begin on storm watch, despite the fact that temperatures finally got above freezing in the area. Just in time for the morning commute. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here with what we can expect tomorrow morning. We hit close to 40 today but already down to 33 outside the weather center. Quantico, 35 at dulles. Temperatures will drop tonight. A large part of the area is under a freezing rain advisory from 3 a. M. Until 9 a. M. With the rain approaching from the southwest, some areas may see some snow with touches of light rain. Major roadways have been pretreated, so major highways and interstates should be fine, but ramps and elevated structures and untreated surfaces could be icy and could be an issue in the morning. A lot more on what to expect and some springlike temperatures by saturday, in the few cast in a in the forecast in a few minutes. Stay connected with our weather team 24 hours a day through our website or our website age. Website page. A new coach for the burgundy and gold. The redskins formerly introduced jay gruden to the fans this afternoon. Ofhe is the younger brother the former super bowl head coach super bowl champ head coach. Team owner dan snyder did some
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